The Secret of the Machines

What does ‘filed’ mean?

• rubbed down

• filled down

Machines are children of your brain means

• machines are more powerful than man

• machines are created by man

Who is the author of Secret of the Machines

• Rudyard Kipling

• William Wordsworth

We can run and race and swim and fly and dive,

• personification

• repetition

Machines help us to make our life easy

• True

• False

What does the machine ask us to remember?

• they are operated according to the laws

• they are powerful

• they run on their own.

Mention the major themes of the poem.

• Significance of machines

• Advancement of technology

• Human are dependent on machines

• Machines cannot replace human beings.

What is the ‘nine-decked city

• Mauretania, a high-speed luxury passenger ship,

• Mauretania, a luxury huge building.

machines incapable of ..........................................

• causing destruction

• thinking and doing the right things

‘And a thousandth of an inch to give us play:’

Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?

• They complete their tasks quickly.

• Once Machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly.